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of the whole Bulk, as lying neir the Poles ; and 

 yet neither is that Part altogether unufeful, for 

 in the Waters there live Fifhes, which other 

 where are not obvious; fo we know the chief 

 Whale-ffttJig is in Greenland -.y yea, not only Fifli, 

 but great Variety of Water-Fowl, both whole 

 and cloven-footed, frequent the Waters, and 

 feed there, breeding alfo on the Cliffs by the Sea- 

 fide, as they do with us ; the Figures and De- 

 fcriptions of a great many whereof are given us 

 by Martin in his Voyage to Spitzberg^ or Gree?7- 

 hmdy and on the Land Bears, and Foxes, and 

 Deer, in the moft northerly Country that was 

 ever yet touched ; and doubtlefs, if we fhall dif- 

 cover further to the very Nortb Pole, we {hall 

 find all that Trad not to be vain, ufelefs, or un- 

 occupy'd. 



thirdly, The third and laft thing I proposed 

 was, the Conftitution and Confiftency of the 

 Parts of the Earth. And firft, admirable it is 

 that the Waters fcould be gathered together into 

 fuck great Conceptacula, and the dry Land ap- 

 pear ; and tho' we had not been affur'd thereof 

 by divine Revelation, we could not in reafon but 

 have thought fuch a Divifion and Separation to 

 have been the 'Work of Omnipotency, and infi- 

 nite Wifdom and Goodnefs ; for in this Condi- 

 tion the Water nourifhes and maintains innume- 

 rable Multitudes of various Kinds of Fiflies, and 

 the dry Land fupports and feeds as great Variety 

 of Plants and Animals, which have their firm 



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